On Mon, 19 Sept 2022 at 17:10, Michele Mor via Peterboro <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > I think that the mailing list should be left public, since we should > be open with our communications and discussions.
I personally think this is a good principle. However I do think it matters how the list is used, and looking at recent - and not so recent - traffic, it tends to be closer to "pub chat" than anything which would - generally - benefit from being minuted for public consumption. (Personal opinion, not the "official" position of lugmaster). A list like this is very different from the mailing list of a project where openness and searchability are far more important. Also, access to our list archives just requires joining the list, it's not exactly secret, it's just not exposed to Google etc. > Obviously this would mean that before writing an email each > one of us will have to be cautious and think more than usual > about the content of the email. That's fair, however by its nature it does mean that some things may simply not be sayable, and would be best left to social meets or discord. Which I think will tend to lead to the death of the mailing list and a less accessible LUG as a result. And also: > Given that some emails in the past few weeks have been sent > without knowledge of their open status, [...] I think this is inevitable - the list has been quiet for a long time and it's not surprising that nobody remembers anything they were informed of when they joined the list. The solution is a regular reminder to the list, but I'd be reluctant to do that (would we have wanted a weekly reminder through the past few years of silence?) > maybe those can be removed/deleted and the list made public > again once that it's done? It is possible for me to delete messages from the archive (not sure how but the functionality is there, I've just never used it). Anyone who has a message they'd like removed can contact me off-list and I'll work it out, whether or not the list archive remains private. But as I said before, I'm not a dictator. It's not my choice to make, just mine to implement. And whichever way it ends won't be to everyone's preference, unfortunately. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0344 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER -- Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
